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| - This is the best Mexican food I've had in a panaderia/carniceria/taqueria combination space with cartoon murals painted in arguably poor taste. Ever.
I reckon it is pretty authentic*, not that I'm an authority. It made me want to take a vacation to a dusty mid-sized colonial Mexican town several hours from anything of note. And not that I'm ungrateful or anything, but I'd love a vacation of any kind. Maybe that's it. 30 hours in Phoenix is nice and all, but I could really use an excuse to renew my passport. Oh, anyway...
The food was incredibly tasty - crispy in all the right ways, and was spicy enough to make me cry (tears of joy!!). I went with a few friends and sampled the chilaquiles, tomal de queso con rajas, fish taco, tostada de nopales, a caramel filled churro (you read that right), the most amazing apple fritter I've ever had that I'm pretty sure la virgen is responsible for, and that ridiculous hot chocolate** with masa in it (like there aren't enough simple carbs in Mexican hot chocolate?). I wasn't digging the nopales, and the fish taco had a touch to much mayo. Other than that, I'll refer to the aforementioned tears of joy. And did I mention that the bill for all this came to $21?
*Perhaps it's related that they had such a cool cross-section of people here. The menu is bilingual and so is the staff.
**The hot chocolate was just gross, but the drink is an acquired taste and they got the flavor right.
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